2024–25 New York Knicks season

2024–25 New York Knicks season
2024–25 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Tom Thibodeau
President	Leon Rose
Owners	Madison Square Garden Sports
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	8–6 (.571)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic); Conference: 5th (Eastern)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	MSG TV
Radio	WEPN-FM
< 2023–24	2025–26 >

The 2024–25 New York Knicks season is the 79th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / club
1	24	Kyshawn George	SG	Switzerland	Miami (FL)
1	25	Pacôme Dadiet	SG	France	Ratiopharm Ulm Germany
2	38	Ajay Mitchell	PG	Belgium	UC Santa Barbara
2	51	Melvin Ajinça	SF	France	Saint-Quentin BB France

The Knicks entered the draft (which was two days long instead of one as it had been since the NBA draft was shortened to two rounds in 1989) with two first-round picks and one second-round pick.^[1]^[2] They acquired an additional second-round pick in a trade following the completion of the first round.^[3]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F/C	5	Achiuwa, Precious	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	1999-09-19	Memphis
F	8	Anunoby, OG	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1997-07-17	Indiana
G/F	25	Bridges, Mikal	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1996-08-30	Villanova
G	11	Brunson, Jalen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1996-08-31	Villanova
G	0	Buie, Boo (TW)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-12-07	Northwestern
F	4	Dadiet, Pacôme	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	2005-07-27	France
G/F	3	Hart, Josh	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1995-03-06	Villanova
C	55	Hukporti, Ariel	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	254 lb (115 kg)	2002-04-12	Germany
G	13	Kolek, Tyler	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2001-03-27	Marquette
G	2	McBride, Miles	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-09-08	West Virginia
G	9	McCullar, Kevin Jr. (TW)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	2001-03-15	Kansas
G	1	Payne, Cameron	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1994-08-08	Murray State
C	23	Robinson, Mitchell	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1998-04-01	Chalmette HS (LA)
F	37	Ryan, Matt	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1997-04-17	Chattanooga
C	20	Sims, Jericho	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1998-10-20	Texas
F	00	Toppin, Jacob (TW)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-05-08	Kentucky
F/C	32	Towns, Karl-Anthony	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	1995-11-15	Kentucky

Head coach

Tom Thibodeau

Assistant coach(es)

Daniel Brady
Rick Brunson
Mark Bryant
Maurice Cheeks (associate HC)
Darren Erman
Andy Greer
Daisuke Yoshimoto

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 17, 2024

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Boston Celtics	12	3	.800	–	5‍–‍2	7‍–‍1	4–0	15
New York Knicks	9	6	.600	3.0	5‍–‍2	4‍–‍4	3–1	15
Brooklyn Nets	6	9	.400	6.0	4‍–‍3	2‍–‍6	0–4	15
Toronto Raptors	3	12	.200	9.0	3‍–‍4	0‍–‍8	1–1	15
Philadelphia 76ers	2	12	.143	9.5	1‍–‍5	1‍–‍7	0–2	14

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	16	1	.941	–	17
2	Boston Celtics *	12	3	.800	3.0	15
3	New York Knicks	9	6	.600	6.0	15
4	Orlando Magic *	9	7	.563	6.5	16
5	Miami Heat	6	7	.462	8.0	13
6	Detroit Pistons	7	9	.438	8.5	16

7	Atlanta Hawks	7	9	.438	8.5	16
8	Brooklyn Nets	6	9	.400	9.0	15
9	Indiana Pacers	6	9	.400	9.0	15
10	Milwaukee Bucks	6	9	.400	9.0	15

11	Chicago Bulls	6	10	.375	9.5	16
12	Charlotte Hornets	5	9	.357	9.5	14
13	Toronto Raptors	3	12	.200	12.0	15
14	Washington Wizards	2	11	.154	12.0	13
15	Philadelphia 76ers	2	12	.143	12.5	14

Game log

Preseason

2024 preseason game log
Total: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)

Preseason: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 6	@ Charlotte	W 111–109	Miles McBride (22)	Jericho Sims (10)	Cameron Payne (6)	Spectrum Center 10,486	1–0
2	October 9	Washington	W 117–94	Karl-Anthony Towns (25)	Karl-Anthony Towns (12)	Hart, Kolek (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,161	2–0
3	October 13	Minnesota	W 115–110	Jalen Brunson (24)	Karl-Anthony Towns (16)	Jalen Brunson (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	3–0
4	October 15	Charlotte	W 111–105	Precious Achiuwa (20)	Precious Achiuwa (16)	Tyler Kolek (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,355	4–0
5	October 18	@ Washington	L 117–118	Jalen Brunson (27)	Karl-Anthony Towns (12)	Jalen Brunson (5)	Capital One Arena 11,894	4–1

2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log
Total: 9–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 4–4)

October: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 22	@ Boston	L 109–132	Brunson, McBride (22)	Jericho Sims (9)	Cameron Payne (4)	TD Garden 19,156	0–1
2	October 25	Indiana	W 123–98	Jalen Brunson (26)	Karl-Anthony Towns (15)	Bridges, Brunson (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	1–1
3	October 28	Cleveland	L 104–110	Jalen Brunson (21)	Josh Hart (13)	Jalen Brunson (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	1–2
4	October 30	@ Miami	W 116–107	Karl-Anthony Towns (44)	Josh Hart (14)	Jalen Brunson (9)	Kaseya Center 19,620	2–2

November: 7–4 (home: 4–1; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	November 1	@ Detroit	W 128–98	Jalen Brunson (36)	Karl-Anthony Towns (11)	Karl-Anthony Towns (7)	Little Caesars Arena 17,022	3–2
6	November 4	@ Houston	L 97–109	Jalen Brunson (29)	Karl-Anthony Towns (19)	Jalen Brunson (8)	Toyota Center 16,417	3–3
7	November 6	@ Atlanta	L 116–121	Karl-Anthony Towns (34)	Karl-Anthony Towns (16)	Josh Hart (8)	State Farm Arena 16,072	3–4
8	November 8	Milwaukee	W 116–94	Karl-Anthony Towns (32)	Karl-Anthony Towns (11)	Jalen Brunson (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	4–4
9	November 10	@ Indiana	L 121–132	Jalen Brunson (33)	Josh Hart (10)	Jalen Brunson (10)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274	4–5
10	November 12	@ Philadelphia	W 111–99	OG Anunoby (24)	Karl-Anthony Towns (13)	Josh Hart (10)	Wells Fargo Center 19,758	5–5
11	November 13	Chicago	L 123–124	Karl-Anthony Towns (46)	Karl-Anthony Towns (10)	Jalen Brunson (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	5–6
12	November 15	Brooklyn	W 124–122	Jalen Brunson (37)	Josh Hart (9)	Josh Hart (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	6–6
13	November 17	Brooklyn	W 114–104	Karl-Anthony Towns (26)	Karl-Anthony Towns (15)	Jalen Brunson (10)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	7–6
14	November 18	Washington	W 134–106	Jalen Brunson (26)	Karl-Anthony Towns (12)	Jalen Brunson (11)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	8–6
15	November 20	@ Phoenix	W 138–122	Jalen Brunson (36)	Josh Hart (11)	Jalen Brunson (10)	Footprint Center 17,071	9–6
16	November 23	@ Utah					Delta Center
17	November 25	@ Denver					Ball Arena
18	November 27	@ Dallas					American Airlines Center
19	November 29	@ Charlotte					Spectrum Center

December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
20	December 1	New Orleans	Madison Square Garden
21	December 3	Orlando	Madison Square Garden
22	December 5	Charlotte	Madison Square Garden
23	December 7	Detroit	Madison Square Garden
24	December 9	@ Toronto	Scotiabank Arena
25	December	TBD	TBD
26	December	TBD	TBD
27	December 19	@ Minnesota	Target Center
28	December 21	@ New Orleans	Smoothie King Center
29	December 23	Toronto	Madison Square Garden
30	December 25	San Antonio	Madison Square Garden
31	December 27	@ Orlando	Kia Center
32	December 28	@ Washington	Capital One Arena
33	December 30	@ Washington	Capital One Arena

January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
34	January 1	Utah	Madison Square Garden
35	January 3	@ Oklahoma City	Paycom Center
36	January 4	@ Chicago	United Center
37	January 6	Orlando	Madison Square Garden
38	January 8	Toronto	Madison Square Garden
39	January 10	Oklahoma City	Madison Square Garden
40	January 12	Milwaukee	Madison Square Garden
41	January 13	Detroit	Madison Square Garden
42	January 15	@ Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
43	January 17	Minnesota	Madison Square Garden
44	January 20	Atlanta	Madison Square Garden
45	January 21	@ Brooklyn	Barclays Center
46	January 25	Sacramento	Madison Square Garden
47	January 27	Memphis	Madison Square Garden
48	January 29	Denver	Madison Square Garden

February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
49	February 1	L.A. Lakers	Madison Square Garden
50	February 3	Houston	Madison Square Garden
51	February 4	@ Toronto	Scotiabank Arena
52	February 8	Boston	Madison Square Garden
53	February 11	@ Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
54	February 12	Atlanta	Madison Square Garden
55	February 20	Chicago	Madison Square Garden
56	February 21	@ Cleveland	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
57	February 23	@ Boston	TD Garden
58	February 26	Philadelphia	Madison Square Garden
59	February 28	@ Memphis	FedExForum

March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
60	March 2	@ Miami	Kaseya Center
61	March 4	Golden State	Madison Square Garden
62	March 6	@ L.A. Lakers	Crypto.com Arena
63	March 7	@ L.A. Clippers	Intuit Dome
64	March 10	@ Sacramento	Golden 1 Center
65	March 12	@ Portland	Moda Center
66	March 15	@ Golden State	Chase Center
67	March 17	Miami	Madison Square Garden
68	March 19	@ San Antonio	Frost Bank Center
69	March 20	@ Charlotte	Spectrum Center
70	March 22	Washington	Madison Square Garden
71	March 25	Dallas	Madison Square Garden
72	March 26	L.A. Clippers	Madison Square Garden
73	March 28	@ Milwaukee	Fiserv Forum
74	March 30	Portland	Madison Square Garden

April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
75	April 1	Philadelphia	Madison Square Garden
76	April 2	@ Cleveland	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
77	April 5	@ Atlanta	State Farm Arena
78	April 6	Phoenix	Madison Square Garden
79	April 8	Boston	Madison Square Garden
80	April 10	@ Detroit	Little Caesars Arena
81	April 11	Cleveland	Madison Square Garden
82	April 13	@ Brooklyn	Barclays Center

2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^[4]^[5]

East Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Orlando Magic	2	2	0	212	175	+37	Advance to knockout stage
2	New York Knicks	2	2	0	235	221	+14	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3	Brooklyn Nets	2	1	1	238	239	−1
4	Philadelphia 76ers	2	0	2	185	209	−24
5	Charlotte Hornets	2	0	2	204	230	−26

Updated to game(s) played on November 19, 2024. Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Transactions

Trades

June 26, 2024^[3]	To New York Knicks Rights to Dillon Jones (No. 26) 2024 PHX second-round pick (No. 51)	To Washington Wizards Draft rights to Kyshawn George (No. 24)
June 26, 2024^[3]	To New York Knicks 2025 second-round pick 2026 GSW second-round pick 2027 MIN second-round pick 2027 second-round pick 2027 second-round pick	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Dillon Jones (No. 26)
June 27, 2024^[6]	To New York Knicks Draft rights to Tyler Kolek (No. 34)	To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Dani Díez (2016 No. 54) 2027 MIN second-round pick 2029 second-round pick 2030 NYK second-round pick
June 27, 2024^[6]	To New York Knicks Draft rights to Oso Ighodaro (No. 40) Cash considerations	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Ajay Mitchell (No. 38)
June 27, 2024^[6]	To New York Knicks Draft rights to Kevin McCullar Jr. (No. 56) 2028 BOS protected second-round pick	To Phoenix Suns Draft rights to Oso Ighodaro (No. 40)
June 27, 2024^[6]	To New York Knicks Draft rights to Ariel Hukporti (No. 58) Draft rights to Petteri Koponen (2007 No. 30) Cash considerations	To Dallas Mavericks Draft rights to Melvin Ajinça (No. 51)
July 6, 2024^[7]	To New York Knicks Keita Bates-Diop Mikal Bridges Draft rights to Juan Pablo Vaulet (2015 No. 39) 2026 second-round pick	To Brooklyn Nets Bojan Bogdanović Mamadi Diakite Shake Milton (sign-and-trade) 2025 MIL protected first-round pick 2025 NYK first-round pick 2025 BKN second-round pick 2027 NYK first-round pick 2028 NYK first-round pick swap 2029 NYK first-round pick 2031 NYK first-round pick
October 2, 2024^[8]	Three-team trade
	To New York Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns (from Minnesota) Draft rights to James Nnaji (2023 No. 31) (from Charlotte)	To Minnesota Timberwolves Keita Bates-Diop (from New York) Donte DiVincenzo (from New York) Julius Randle (from New York) 2025 DET first-round pick (from New York)
	To Charlotte Hornets Charlie Brown Jr. (from New York) DaQuan Jeffries (from New York) Duane Washington Jr. (from New York) 2025 MIN second-round pick (from Minnesota) 2026 GSW second-round pick (from New York) 2031 NYK second-round pick (from New York) Cash considerations (from New York)

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Ref.
OG Anunoby	July 6, 2024	^[9]

Subtractions

Player	Reason	New Team	Signed	Ref.
Alec Burks	Free agent	Miami Heat	July 4, 2024	^[10]
Isaiah Hartenstein	Free agent	Oklahoma City Thunder	July 6, 2024	^[11]
Shake Milton	Sign-and-trade	Brooklyn Nets	July 6, 2024	^[12]

References

^ "2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58". NBA.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
^ Quinn, Sam (May 13, 2024). "2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "New York Knicks Acquire Six Draft Picks". NBA.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
^ "NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
^ "Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "New York Knicks Announce Second-Round Draft Day Transactions". NBA.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ "New York Knicks Acquire Mikal Bridges and Keita Bates-Diop". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ "New York Knicks Acquire Karl-Anthony Towns". NBA.com. October 2, 2024.
^ "New York Knicks Re-Sign OG Anunoby". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ "HEAT SIGN ALEC BURKS". NBA.com. July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ "Isaiah Hartenstein, Thunder agree to 3-year, $87 million deal". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ "Brooklyn Nets Complete Trade With New York Knicks". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[1] "2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58". NBA.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

[2] Quinn, Sam (May 13, 2024). "2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2024.

[NYK-OKC.DillonJones-3] "New York Knicks Acquire Six Draft Picks". NBA.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

[4] "NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.

[5] "Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

[NYKRound2Trades-6] "New York Knicks Announce Second-Round Draft Day Transactions". NBA.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.

[7] "New York Knicks Acquire Mikal Bridges and Keita Bates-Diop". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

[8] "New York Knicks Acquire Karl-Anthony Towns". NBA.com. October 2, 2024.

[9] "New York Knicks Re-Sign OG Anunoby". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[10] "HEAT SIGN ALEC BURKS". NBA.com. July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[11] "Isaiah Hartenstein, Thunder agree to 3-year, $87 million deal". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[12] "Brooklyn Nets Complete Trade With New York Knicks". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

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v t e New York Knicks
Founded in 1946 Based in New York City, New York
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Madison Square Garden III 69th Regiment Armory Madison Square Garden IV
Personnel	Owner(s) Madison Square Garden Sports (James Dolan, chairman) President Leon Rose General manager Vacant Head coach Tom Thibodeau
G League affiliate	Westchester Knicks
Retired numbers	10 12 15 15 19 22 24 33 613
NBA championships	1970 1973
Rivalries	Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers Miami Heat
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Dancing Harry Eddie Spike Lee Diedrich Knickerbocker Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? Theme from New York, New York Mike Walczewski George Kalinsky Trent Tucker Rule Disputed foul against Scottie Pippen June 17th, 1994 Knicks–Nuggets brawl Linsanity Sweetwater